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Caledonia
Or an Account, Historical & Topographic of North Britain; From the Most Ancient to the Present Times: With a Dictionary of Places
By George Chalmers
Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies, London 1807, 1810 & 1824
All Volumes Are First Editions & Complete in Three Volumes
Hardbacks Bound in 19th Century Full Polished Leather Bindings With Gilt Decorated Borders & Haystoune Gilt Motif to All Front & Rear Boards, Marbled Endpapers & Page Edges, Complete With Large Folding Map Plus Several Full Page Plates to Volume 1 With Some Folding Charts, Title Pages State Four Volumes but Volume Four Was Never Published & This Set is Complete.
Each Book Measures Approx 11 X 9 Inches
measurements
Height:
11 in
Width:
9 in
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declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1807 Caledonia Account of North Britain by G Chalmers 3 X Vol Set Full Leather (LA523842) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1807, 1810 & 1824
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condition
condition
Scrape to Leather on Front Board of Volume 1, Very Minor Rubbing or Minor Marks to Leather Covers, Occasional Foxing to Pages Mostly in Volume 3, Small Repair to Folding Map,
Overall an Impressive Set in Very Good Plus Condition With No Cracking to Hinges, Gilt to Spines & Boards Bright & Majority of Pages Clean,
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